WI BIO - Winnebago Co - ROE, Gilbert W.

History of Northern Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1881, vol II, p 
1162

Gilbert W. ROE, Vice President of the Commercial Bank of Oshkosh [Winnebago 
County, Wisconsin], was born in Warwick, Orange County, New York. He was 
engaged in the banking business at Chester, Orange County, New York, being 
cashier of the Bank of Chester for several years prior to coming to Wisconsin 
in 1857. At that time he commenced a private banking business in Milwaukee 
[Milwaukee County, Wisconsin], in partnership with Thomas T. REEVE. In 
November 1858 they purchased the Oshkosh Commercial Bank. Mr. ROE has been 
continuously in the banking business since coming here. He is also extremely 
interested in pine lands and has recently erected an elegant building now 
occupied by the Commercial Bank of Oshkosh. Prior to September 1880, he had 
been cashier of the various banks which succeeded the original institution 
which he first became interested in here.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly